The digital matte painting handbook

What is a matte painting?

Photoshop workspace, tools, and customBrushes

Composition and concept

Perspective basics

Perspective drawing

Form

Texturing and color correction

Preparing your files for camera projection in Maya

Building geometry for camera projection in Maya

Projecting textures in Maya

Lighting techniques

Changing seasons

Getting started in After Effects

Working over a moving plate

Using After Effects True 3D space

About the companion DVD.